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And so does the National Review: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/379018/let-states-decide-pot-dana-rohrabacher http://www.nationalreview.com/article/3790

• eli 12y ago
  That's an Op-Ed, not necessarily the position of the National Review's editors. The NYT isn't just running a series of articles on legalization, they are taking a stand as a newspaper in favor of it.
  • slurry 12y ago
    I thought NR was for legalization from way back? Quietly anyway. Definitely Bill Buckley personally was pro-legalization from at least the 70s onward. Edit: and the piece is by a sitting Republican congressman, who is a somewhat legendary figure in movement conservative circles.
  • gyardley 12y ago
    Alright - here's the position of the National Review's editors: http://www.nationalreview.com/article/367618/sensible-weed-editors http://www.nationalreview.com/article/367618/sensible-weed-e... Supporting marijuana legalization isn't solely a left-wing stance, and the NYT isn't particularly early to the position. William F. Buckley Jr., the founder of the National Review, was in favor of legalization as far back as the mid-1960s.